Why is BBM so popular?

[LoganT]

I used BBM when I had a Blackberry Pearl. I have no idea why it's awesome, or why I liked it. To be honest it's not that different than BeeJive or the many IM applications in the App Store that support Push. I think part of the popularity of the program is the exclusivity of it. I guess it's like you're in a secret club. One nice thing about it, is the ability to see if they read the message you sent.

I have a feeling that feature could be implemented in any number of the current offerings in the App Store.

 

[Shenaniganz08]

there are many reasons, many of which you will never know if you don't actually use BBM

exclusivity, speed, it's free,works over wifi, easy to share PIN, it works really well, etc

a big thing people forget is that you have to things you can give out, your phone or your pin number. So you can be very private with your phone number and give out your PIN number to everyone or visa versa.

It basically BLOWS away text messaging on the iPhone ( how the ******* can cell phone companies get away with charging extra for SMS when you are already paying for a data plan)

 

[AAPLaday]

Does the pin number stay with the phone? So if you sold the phone then the new owner would have the same pin as you previously had?

 

[rebubula]

I find the PIN more annoying than useful. Considering I've had to get several BB's for quality issues, pre-iphone.... building up the list again was a pain.... All the time i see people of Facebook posting.. here's my new PIN...

 

[Ommid]

I liked it because you can send messages etc abroad for free, but it is a bit gimmicky, years ago it was cool, now you have all sorts of things like whatsapp etc, albeit you will still get charged data when using those abroad.

 

[CrzyCanuck72]

I find the PIN more annoying than useful. Considering I've had to get several BB's for quality issues, pre-iphone.... building up the list again was a pain.... All the time i see people of Facebook posting.. here's my new PIN...

If people knew how to use the backup/restore feature they wouldn't have to do that...

anyway, BBM is something you can't understand until you've used, and your entire social circle lives on it.